Inventory exhibitor



April 23, 1935. F. BACH l INVENTORY EXHIBITOR Filed Deo. 27, 1933 2Sheets-Sheet 1 April 23, 1935. F. J, BACH INVENTORY EXHIBITOR Filed Deo.27, 1933 2 SheebS-Shecl 2 Klo .TNENEELT cvemnl s w u u n 3 u u 5 Y 3\IHN .1|

0 u u u u u u a Z v o. nu u u u u u 4 u u u u u u u u Aw u u u n u U 2 ou B u u u n INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 23, 1935 UNITED sTA'rEsINVENTORY EXHIBITOR Fred vJfiwh,

St. Louis, Mo.

Application December 27, 1933, Serial No. 704,183

, 'z claims.

The invention relates to an inventory exhibitor and more especially to avisible stock record for use by mercantile establishments, as forexample, shoe stores, ladies ready-to-wear, hats, hosiery, suits, etc. l

The primary object ofthe invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein a panel display is had, the'latter carrying indiciacoacting with tags having indicia corresponding to certain merchandise,so as to enable a visible inventoryof stock in trade, identifying price,size, number and quality of the merchandise, and in this mannereliminating `the' laborious vwcrkof an actual inventory at determinedintervals of time to rbe taken ofthe stock.

.Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein in the employment of a display board and the use oftags, these being identified in respective groups by certain indicia,both the panel and such tags have markings indicative of stock conditionof a mercantile establishment so that a current inventory is visible atany time within a determined period, the device being ynovel inconstruction.

A further object of theinvention is the provision of a device' of thischaracter which is extremely simple in its construction, thoroughlyreliable and effective for the purposes intended thereof, readilyportable, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement ci parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of theinvention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings: n

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 2--2` Figure 6 is a sectionalview on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

VFigure '7 is a plan view of a marking layout of a panel differentlyconstituted fromthat shown in FigureV 5. Y

Figure 8 is an elevation of a series of tags having stock identificationthereon'and suspended from a hook of the device. f

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, showing other tags for stockidentication.

Similar reference characters indicate correspending parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device comprises a base I0preferably of substantially l5 rectangular shape having at itslongitudinal center median a vertical dividing wall II, while atopposite sides oi this are formed longitudinal rows of spaced pocketsI2, these being designed for accommodating groups of tags I3, I4, I5 and20.

i6, respectively, these being shown in detail in Figures 8 and 9 of thedrawings and usable in a manner presently described.

Superposed relative to the base Ill is a horizontal bridge I'I havingthe vertical side upright '25 portions I3 joined with the said base atthe longitudinal center thereof, the rail I 'I being coextensive withthe length of said base and being at a proper elevation with respectthereto to assure easy access to the pocketsl therein.

Above'the bridge rail i'i, in this instance, is a pair Vof turningpanels IS, these arranged side by side and of the required size, each atits bottoin edge being fitted in a vertical centered turning stem 2i!which, at its lower end, is key formed, 3.5 at 2|, to engage in aratchet wheel 22, thelatter conined within a housing 23 built into therail II andY having the center bearing 24 journaled in said housing 23.'The wheel 22 has the periph.- eral ratchet notches A25 for theengagement of 4.0 aspring ratchet pawl or dog 2&5 mounted in the housing23 so that a panel I9, when turned, can be latched under ratchet actionin its adjusted position, whereby either face of the said panel may bevisible at the front of the device.

Each panel IS Vhas impressed or otherwise marked thereon spaced verticaland transverse lines 2l and 28, respectively, these providing framedareas 29 arranged in vertical and transverse rows, while protruding fromwithin these 50 areas 29, beyond opposite faces of the panel, are hooks3B for accommodatingthe tags I3, I4, I5 and I6 to be hung thereon. Y

Heading the vertical columns of areasrZB are channeled .card racks 3l inwhich are removably placed interchangeable or exchangeable cards 32bearing indicia on their exposed faces, in this instance, indicative ofthe price of merchandise, the racks SI being open at opposite ends forthe introduction and removal of the said cards 32, as will be apparentin Figure 5 of the drawings, the price range display being consecutivelyfrom one dollar to six dollars and it is, of course, to be understoodthat the price range may vary according to the character of merchandiseidented under an inventory display by the said panels I9.

Arranged at the Opposite side edges of the panels I9, at the ends of thetransverse rows of areas 29, are channeled racks S3 for accoinmodatingcards 35i bearing indicia indicative of-the kind or quality of themerchandise, these cards 34 being interchangeable or exchangeable andcongruous with the display of the inventory of classed merchandise. f

In Figure 7 of the drawings thevertical columnar areas 35 are headed bysize indicia, as at 3S, as for example, the width of bootwear stock,while at the left of these areas 35 is the size indicia, as at 3l, or"such bootwear stock.

The base at its underside carries the resilient feet 38 so that when thedevice is placed upon a support it will not mar the surface thereof norwill the device .become displaced in the handling of its panels or thetags in the placing thereof upon the hooks 3B for inventory purposes ofmerchandise.

The tags I3, Ill, I5 and IS bear numerals, for example, the tags I3 ofthis group bear numerals ranging consecutively from l to 9 inclusive;the tags It bear numerals ranging in tens, as for example, from 10 to 90inclusive, and the tags I5 bear numerals ranging in hundreds, forexample, 100, 200 to 900 inclusive. The tags I3, I4 and .I5 are of diskshape and the tags I3 of that group are the smallest, while the tags I4are larger than the said tags I 3 and the tags I5 are the largest, sothat when these tags are hung upon the hooks the numerals displayedthereby are clearly visible, particularly where these tags I3, I4 and I5are grouped in suspension by thehooks, as will be apparent in Figure 9of the drawings.

The tags I6, as illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings, bear numeralsof the ranges alike to the tags It, I4 and I5, but one group of thesetags is provided with a center opening 39, while another group of thesetags has the eccentric openings M3, so that in the superimposing ofthese groups the numerals thereon will be clearly visible when such tagsare hung upon the hooks 30.

The pockets I2 in the respective rows are identied by numerals as at Iand 42, respectively, these being impressed upon the base or other'-wise marked, as is clearly shown in' Figure 3 of the drawings, andidentifying the numerical order and marking of the tags I3, I 4, I5 andI as placed within the pockets l2 under numerical assortment thereof.

It should be clearly apparent thatin the use of the device `a completecurrent inventory display may be had of merchandise, as day by day inthe placing of the tags upon the panels I9 for their suspension by thehooks 30 in the proper areas 29 or 35 with thefnumerical markings, aperson will be enabled to visually ascertain the stock or mechandisecondition for acurrent inventory thereof, with respect to kind orquality, price, size, number and lots of the same.

It is, of course, understood that either a salesman, custodian orcashier of a mercantile store,

in arriving at the inventory of the merchandise or stock will, as eachsale of such stock takes place, remove from the pockets I2 the propertag or tags identifying the stock condition and place these tags uponthe hooks 3B according to the kind or size identifying the areas 29 or35 indicative of classed merchandise cr stock.

It is, of course, apparent that the exhibitor in its make-up is capableof use for sales or purchases and also it is preferable to have the tagsin the various groups colored with hues distinguishable from each other,so that the tags of Vone group, at a glance, can be determined from thetags of another group.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base having spacedrows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprightsjoined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets,vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail,vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of thepanels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sidesof the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, and indiciabearing cards removably fitte-d in said racks to identify the areas inthe respective rows on the faces of said panels.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base having spacedrows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprightsjoined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets,vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail,vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of thepanels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sidesof the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, indicia bearingcards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas in therespective rows on the faces of said panels, and tags removably heldwithin the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooksand havingindicia indicative of stock inventory.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base'having spacedrows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side up rightsjoined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets,vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail,vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces ofthe-panels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from oppositesides of the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, indiciabearing cards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas inthe respective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably heldwithin the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and havingindicia indicative of stock inventory, and ratchet 'mechanism coactingwith the axes of said panels to latch the same in adjusted position. Y

4. A device of the character described comprising a base having spacedrows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprightsjoined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets,vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail,vertical vand transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of thepanels, hooks'arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sidesof the panels, racks arranged marginally vof the panels, indicia bearingcards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas in therespective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably held withinthe pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and having indiciaindicative of stock inventory, ratchet mechanism coacting with the axesof said panels to latch the same in adjusted position, and means forconning the ratchet mechanism in the bridge rail.

5. A device of the character described comprising a base having spacedrows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprightsjoined therewith to locate the rail between theA rows of pockets,vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail,vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of thepanels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sidesof the panels, racks arranged marginally ci the panels, indicia bearingcards removably iitted in said racks to identify the areas in therespective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably held Withinthe pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and having indiciaindicative of stock inventory, ratchet mechanism coacting with the axesof said panels to latch the same in adjusted position, means forconiining the ratchet mechanism in the bridge rail, and indicia markingson the base for the respective pockets therein.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base, a bridge railabove the base and having side uprights, vertically disposed rotatablevof the panels, racks arranged marginally ofv they panels, and indiciabearing mediums removably iitted in said racks to identify the areas inthe respective rows on the faces of said panels.

7. A device of the character described comprising a base, a bridge railabove the base and having side uprights, vertically disposed rotatablepanels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows ofareas provided on opposite faces of the panels, suspension meansarranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of thepanelsracks arranged marginally of the panels, indicia bearing mediumsremovably tted in said racks to identify the areas in the respectiverows on the faces of said panels, and indicia bearing mediums fordetachable suspension bythe suspension :means and indicative of stockinventory.

FRED J. BACH.

